The Revelation End

Intro The end of days, as revealed in the book of Revelation, unfolds with divine precision and terrifying majesty. The Lamb opens the seven seals, and with the first four, four horsemen are released (Revelation 6:1–8): a white horse whose rider held a bow and went out to conquer; a red horse whose rider brought war; a black horse representing famine; and a pale horse, whose rider was Death, followed by Hades. Following these judgments, seven angels are given seven trumpets (Revelation 8:2). Each trumpet unleashes a divine plague: the first brings hail and fire mixed with blood (Revelation 8:7), the second casts a burning mountain into the sea (v.8), the third causes a great star, Wormwood, to poison rivers (v.10–11), the fourth darkens the sun, moon, and stars (v.12), the fifth unleashes demonic locusts from the Abyss (Revelation 9:1–11), the sixth releases four angels to kill a third of mankind (v.13–19), and the seventh trumpet heralds the final judgment and the establishment of God's eternal kingdom (Revelation 11:15). Throughout, angelic beings ride forth in service of God's justice, and each trumpet sounds a warning of the wrath to come and the urgency to repent, revealing God's ultimate plan to judge evil and redeem creation.